, 1887-10-28
WILL BOOM THE TOWN.
The Fairbank SmeIter to be Oper-
ated Again in the Spring.
An English Syndicate Has Leased
the Plant and Works.
The Wealthy Corporation Will
Employ Over 1000 Men.

Employ Over 1000 Men.
Hon. |. S. Bartlett, of Fairbank, well
known in this city, has been in town for
the past few days. The gentleman Is
more enthusiastic than ever over the
bright prospects of'the region in which he
lives, and never wearies of telling of the
inexhaustible deposits of copper ore,
mountains of iron and beds of mica in
that locality.
TO BE REVIVED,
MIR. Bartlett last evening informed a
LEADER representative with the disap-
p~earance of nov next spring over 1000
men will be given employment at the old
Fairbank smelter, the properly of the
Wyoming Copper Co. of which organiza-
ton Col. Babbitt, of this city is manager
N. k. Fairbank, Geo. w. Pullman and
other capitalists are members.
WHY H SHELTER CLOSED DOWN.
The extensive plant of the Wyoming
Copper company has been lying idle for
the past two years for the simple reason
that despite the fact that the bullion pro-
duced was SO per cent pure metal and
brought a fair price, the cost of transpor
tatlon was so enormous that while moth
ing was lost in operating the smelter, no
profit was realized. Coke was purchased
for ST. 5 per ton in Pennsylvania. Laid
down at Fairbank it was worth Just S3S. rs
more than the sun named, while the
removal of the output of the smelter to
Cheyenne, the nearest railway point, was
another large item in the expense ac-
count.
FOREIGN CAPITAL.
1t is now definitely settled that a Lon
don syndicate will lease the property of
the Wyoming Copper company for a term
of years. Negotiations have been pend
ing for several months and the deal is now
practically closed. The corporation makes
a specially OF copper mining, and at times
has controlled the market for that min
eral. They WI smelters and refneries
in Spain, South America and the United
States.
Their first move will be to treble the
capacity Of the smelter, which is at present
$4,000 pounds of bullion per month.
New and more economical methods of
treating ores will be introduced. The
company owns secret processes which
will materially decrease the cost of pro-
ducing copper.
WILL MOVE THE SHELTER.
AT present the smelter stands six miles
from Cottonwood, the terminus of the
Cheyenne & Northern. 1t will be moved
to the mines, five miles distant, thus les
SEEMING the cost of Transporting the ore.
The plant will then be located in FairvIew
park, near the mouth of the main shaft
of the celebrated mine of that name.
CONSTRUCTING sIDETRACKs.
With the knowledge that 375, 900
pounds of bullion alone, to say nothing of
necessary supplies, ETC., will be carried
monthly, the railway company will
need no other inducement to construct a
spur from Cottonwood to Fairview, a dis
lance of eleven miles. The syndicate,
which controls almost limitless capital,
does business upon the broad guage
plan. In Montana they have built seventy
five miles IF sidetrack at one mine.
and ship bullion direct to Swansea, Wales.
because an Eastern refinery attempted to
coerce them. That this company will
materially assist in the development of
Wyoming is evident. That they will
commence operations in a few months is
certain.
BENEFICIAL TO CHEYENNE.
AS was the case when the smelter was
operated by the Wyoming Copper com
pany, all supplies will be purchased in
this city. The employment of 1000 men
means that at least 5000 persons and
perhaps more will be sustained by the
operations of the company.
II MINES.
The Fairbank copper belt is twenty
miles long and five miles in width, show
ing that it is practically inexhaustible.
From a small pocket" in the famous
Green Mountain Boy mine over 1926, 900
worth ofcopper was taken, Many miners
who own claims in the district have found
employment upon neighboring ranches,
but continue to perform assessment work
upon their property, confident hat the
smelter will again be operated.